Interesting Facts about the Sea star

Sea stars, also commonly known as starfish, are a type of echinoderm that can be found living all around in the world’s oceans. The common name of starfish is trying to be replaced to sea star by marine scientists because the sea star is not actually a fish, like the name starfish implies. These creatures are more closely related to sea urchins and sand dollars

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There are around 2,000 different types of sea stars, the 5 leg species being the most common but sea stars are able to have 10, 20 or even 40 arms

Sea stars don’t have any brains or blood in their bodies, the closest thing that these creatures have to blood is sea water that has been filtered and have their nervous system throughout their whole bodies

Sea stars are amazing not only because of their striking colors that are for camouflage or scaring off predators, but also because they are able to regrow any lost limbs, or even possibly their entire bodies!

Sea stars are able to eat by using tiny suction cupped tubed feet by prying open clams and oysters then having their sack-like stomach come out from their mouth and slide inside of the shell, eating the prey inside the shell